BY JOE GYAN JR.
Advocate staff writer
An attorney for a former Baton Rouge resident, who claims he suffered a ruptured bladder in 2007 when a then-city police officer kicked him while handcuffed at a police substation, urged a judge Monday to correct a jury’s “goofy” verdict in the case.
An East Baton Rouge Parish jury awarded $239,000 to Brian Townsend on Sept. 21, concluding Nathan Davis used excessive force on Townsend by pepper-spraying him but not finding that Davis kicked Townsend.
The jury, which declined to award punitive damages, also determined Davis’ actions did not occur during the course and scope of his employment — meaning the city-parish is not liable for the compensatory damages awarded to Townsend for general pain and suffering, medical expenses, loss of enjoyment of life and lost wages.
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